20 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
20 records matching
Albert Whelan, a celebrated music-hall comedian and whistler, recorded for Diamond; 'Preacher and the Bear' and 'Let Us Waltz' represent his novelty and comic work.AI summary
Diamond 379 Music Hall
Albert Whelan on Diamond Records 379, performing two light novelty songs. Whelan was a British variety and vaudeville performer of the Edwardian and 1920s era.AI summary
Diamond 379 Music Hall
Two Christmas novelty songs, "Old Fashioned Christmas Eve" and "Old Fashioned Christmas Party," credited only to 'anon' on the Diamond label, catalogue 300. Artist, date and label details are obscure; the record cannot be reliably placed or valued.AI summary
Diamond 300 Music Hall
Arthur Peel singing 'We All Went to Leicester Square' and 'Playing the Game in the West' on Diamond 90. Diamond was a small British label, and this record represents a minor local artist or regional release of the 1920s–30s era.AI summary
Diamond 90 Voice
A band playing Christmas songs on Diamond, an obscure British label.AI summary
Diamond 259 Instrumental
Beth Tate performing 'Innocent Bessie Brown' and 'Is there Anything doing in the loving Line' on Diamond, catalogue 384, a small British label of the 1910s–1920s.AI summary
Diamond 384 Music Hall
Billy Merson was a popular British music-hall comedian, revue artist, and songwriter known for his comic songs and character work. This Diamond Records pressing preserves his comic sketches, likely from the 1920s. Diamond was a small British imprint, making Merson recordings on this label less common than his major-label sides.AI summary
Diamond 382 Music Hall
Billy Whitlock on Diamond 252, performing novelty comedy songs. The artist is unidentified in standard discographies.AI summary
Diamond 252 Comic
Billy Williams recorded 'Serves You Right' and 'Postcards' for Diamond, a British budget label, catalogue 225. Williams was an American singer of the early 1900s, prolific in novelty and ragtime numbers.AI summary
Diamond 225 Music Hall
Diamond Comedy Co. performing two novelty or comedy pieces on Diamond 0288. This appears to be a small British label and amateur or semi-professional ensemble.AI summary
Diamond 0288 Comic
Harry Champion, the fast-patter Edwardian music-hall comedian, on the Diamond label, catalogue 170, with 'Ragtime Ragshop' and 'My Old Iron Cross'. Diamond is a small and obscure British imprint not widely documented in standard references; a Champion pressing on this label warrants investigation.AI summary
Diamond 170 Music Hall
HM Scots Guards Band performing marches on Diamond 20, a small British label, with titles 'March Austria' and 'New Colonial March'.AI summary
Diamond 20 Orchestra
Jessie Broughton performs two sentimental vocal pieces, 'I Know a Lovely Garden' and 'Song of Sleep', on the Diamond (Diam) label.AI summary
Diamond 158 Voice
Nick Lucas, the singing guitarist known as the Crooning Troubadour, with My Blue Heaven and Everyone Is Looking for the Rainbow on Diamond 2022.AI summary
Diamond 2022 Voice
Robert Carr, a British singer or performer, on Diamond Records with two sentimental or religious novelty songs; both artist and label are obscure.AI summary
Diamond 425 Voice
Robert Carr performing 'My heart has learned to love you' and 'There's one in a Million like you' on Diamond, catalogue 221. An unidentified singer on a small British label.AI summary
Diamond 221 Voice
Roberts and Wilson performing novelty material ('Goodbye Dixie' and 'I don't want to go back') on Diamond, a minor American label with limited UK pressing.AI summary
Diamond 426 Dance
Sergeant Leggett recorded 'The Sunshine of Your Smile' and 'When You Come Home' for Diamond Records (0266). Diamond was a short-lived, obscure British label, and Sergeant Leggett is not identified in standard discographies of the period.AI summary
Diamond 0266 Voice
Spencer & Scott recorded 'Hawaiian Butterfly' and 'Arizona' for Diamond (411), a small British label from the early 1930s. The artists and label are obscure, but the Hawaiian title suggests this was part of the Hawaiian music boom.AI summary
Diamond 411 Hawaiian
Two Quids performing music-hall novelty numbers on Diamond, a minor British pressing label; 'Melinda's Wedding Day' and a Thompson comedy number.AI summary
Diamond 257 Music Hall